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Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554
)
MCI Telecommunications )
Corporation, et al., )
)
Complainants, )
)
v. ) File No. E-96-25
)
U S West Communications, Inc, )
et al., )
)
Defendants. )
ORDER
Adopted: December 4, 2000 Released:
December 5, 2000
By the Deputy Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division,
Enforcement Bureau:
1. This matter comes before the Commission as a
Joint Motion of MCI Telecommunications Corp. and Qwest
Corporation, f/k/a U S West, Inc. to Dismiss With Prejudice.
The above-captioned complaint addresses the defendants'
practice of improperly assessing carrier common line charges
for interstate calls involving certain optional calling
services.
2. We are satisfied that granting this motion to
dismiss with prejudice will serve the public interest by
promoting the private resolution of disputes and by
eliminating the need for further litigation and the
expenditure of further time and resources of the parties and
of this Commission.
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections
1, 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 154(j), and 208, and the
authority delegated in sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111 and 0.311, that the
Joint Motion to Dismiss With Prejudice IS GRANTED.
4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned
complaint IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that this
proceedings IS TERMINATED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Radhika V. Karmarkar, Deputy Chief
Market Disputes Resolution Division
Enforcement Bureau